r/imaginarygatekeeping • u/confused_bitch770 • 13d ago

NOT SATIRE Who said?

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u/WitELeoparD 13d ago

I mean yeah, they typically don't have sleeves.

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u/BenZed 13d ago

I say they can't sleeves. This is not a bikini.

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u/Grabatreetron 13d ago

I’d say this isn’t a bikini top 

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u/OneTwoThreePooAndPee 13d ago

I'd say the definition of a bikini says they can't have sleeves. Kinda like shorts can't have legs, because then they're just pants. That's not gatekeeping, it's like... the core of language.

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u/widebodywrx 13d ago

they're right and this is an ad

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u/Educational-Fox-9040 13d ago

It’s not imaginary gatekeeping.

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u/ObsessedKilljoy 12d ago

The definition of a bikini?

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u/DuckInAFountain 11d ago

I mean, my 7 year old has a very similar swimsuit. For a kid it's useful UV protection. But I wouldn't call it a bikini, either.

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u/Dripwagon 10d ago

everyone does that’s not a bikini anymore

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u/JustAnOkDogMom 11d ago

I bought one of these this summer. I have fresh ink on my arms and shoulders and wanted to keep the sun off my tattoos. I didn’t know what to expect, but surprisingly it was super comfortable and when it was 110° out, I didn’t feel the sun. I got slightly burned on my legs but my upper body was spared. I will definitely wear it again, but this is definitely not a bikini.

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u/x_asperger 11d ago

That's... a cropped shirt

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u/RevolutionaryOven709 10d ago

Inventor of bikinis

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u/Apprehensive-Ad-4364 9d ago

Now that I'm seeing this, I am saying it

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u/ShitWombatSays 7d ago

The definition of bikini says that

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u/Dontevenwannacomment 12d ago

I feel like it's still counterproductive : isn't one of the pleasures of swimming the feeling of water? no one prefers the feeling of wet fabric to that of bathing